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PLEASE CHECK OUT THE CONCEPTUALMOTION ORCHESTRA - 20 PIECE ALL ORIGINAL MUSIC BIG BAND [ABOVE] THAT I CO-LEAD WITH ALTO-SAXOPHONIST JORGE SYLVESTER - Compositions: Life Is A Song To Sing & Miles' Mind written by Nora McCarthy; Akara Moi Moi & Lines written by Jorge Sylvester with poetry by Nora McCarthy.
------------------------------------------------------By: Nora McCarthy
When you were born,
your perfection and your purpose
were united,
and you
“Became”
One
with a Universal Consciousness
a wondrous manifestation of the mystery called
-Life -
… a fully-equipped and unique "individual" work of art.

Thus your strengths and your weakness together
[each one necessary to the other]
became your lessons and your blessings;
your pathway to fulfillment.
Their interdependence is the motivating force behind
all knowledge and the quest for a higher collective consciousness
of man - EVOLUTION.
This is the function of Art and the essence of Improvisation.

When you were chosen to be a musician
you became responsible
for the gift you were given.
When you took your first breath
it was already written
and your life became Word
and your bond was your commitment to your instrument.


When you accept your beauty through music in its totality
you begin your journey
as a seeker
of truth,
a disciple
of free thinking,
an innovator,
a revolutionary conceptualist,
a dispeller of theoretic myths and creative oppression,
a liberator of dogmatic thought processes
and, finally
a MASTER
whose musical voice becomes the messenger
that carries the Word
of a collective consciousness -
of a higher power based on the abandonment of fear and the ideal of
Love.

All things in their own time will transpire
and come to fruition.
Trust in the spirit that flows through you.
Stay humble, follow your heart and your inner voice
[the Word] will guide you.
There is no right , wrong or other way -
YOU are a work in progress,
an ARTIST,
and the collective learning of all who have gone before you
and who have yet to come
was given to you when you were chosen
….. your life’s work is your song.

Never allow false-self-proclaimed musical messiahs
to deter you or discourage you
[and they are many]
with projections of their own
imperfections and failures.
Better that you be a reflection
of light and positivity
than to mirror their ignorance.
We are all equal and deserving
under the sun of enlightenment.
They did not create you nor do they have any power over you.

Before music was documented
it was a FEELING,
it was EXPLORING and EXPERIMENTING
and “HEARING”
through SOUND and an inner VOICE communicating
and only after LISTENING, “EXPERIENCING”
and TRANSLATING
did it become READING!
And, in that order it must it be encouraged
both in teaching and learning
if Music is to go on
-“Living” -
-“Being” –
and
-“Healing. -
The Musician Is An Artist That Answers To A Higher Calling




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